Forex News

TABLE-Foreign brokers set to sell Japanese stocks by small margin

TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - Following are orders for Japanese
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Japan govt to mull upgrade in economic view -media

TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - Japan's government will consider revising up its economic assessment in May on improvements in private consumption, output and exports, the Asahi newspaper said on Thursday.
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Aussie, NZ dlrs off lows, still tense on Greek jitters

WELLINGTON/SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars bounced off five month-lows on Thursday, but looked vulnerable to more risk avoidance as fears that Greece may yet be forced out of the euro zone showed no sign of abating.
[Yesterday 23:35]

UPDATE 1-US still has clout to get China to open markets-Treasury

By Rachelle Younglai
[Yesterday 23:18]

Euro breakup would traumatize U.S.-Fed's Bullard

LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 16 (Reuters) - While a breakup of the euro zone would be devastating for the United States and for the world economy, the appeal of trade and currency ties will hold the currency union together, a top Federal Reserve official said on Wednesday.
[Yesterday 19:25]

UPDATE 1-Canada says worried about ECB move on Greek banks

OTTAWA, May 16 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's move to stop providing liquidity to some Greek banks is not good news, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday, exp ressing fresh concerns about the future of the euro zone.
[Yesterday 19:17]

China's grip on banking sector problematic - US Treasury

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - China's tight grip on its financial sector generates massive distortions that filter through its economy and that is a problem for the world's two largest economies, a top U.S. Treasury official said on Wednesday.
[Yesterday 19:00]